Generally speaking, Olympic Games are widely known to people, but the World Expo is not so familiar. The World Expo is to exhibit all the countries'social, economic, cultural, technological achievements to the world. The World Expo is not a commercial activity. The participants are mainly the governments of the countries and other international economic organizations. So far, the World Expo has been held in 13 countries and 24 cities all over the world. The first World Expo was held in London in 1851. Holding the World Expo has great effect on the development of social economy for the host country. Besides, it will promote the communications and cooperation among countries all around the world.

There are two kinds of World Expo, one is the comprehensive World Expo, and the other is the professional World Expo. The former one has huge scale, and the exhibition time is about 6 months, e.g., the World Expo 2010 Shanghai China belongs to this kind of world expo. While, the latter one is the exhibition of a specific field, such as ocean, environment, transportation, etc. For example, the World Expo 1999 Kunming China belongs to this kind of world expo and the main topic of this expo is gardening. The World Expo is the gathering of human being's wisdom and the newest civilization results in different era. It is the best chance for the host country to exhibit its social, cultural, economic achievements to the world. It is an important landmark that the host country has great national strength and high international status. The World Expo 2010 Shanghai China is the first World Expo held in a developing country. The success of winning the right to host the World Expo 2010 Shanghai Expo is the world's approval to China's Reform and Opening up and strong comprehensive strength.

As is known to all, the Olympic Game and the World Expo are the most significant events in the world. It brings economic, cultural, and technological exchange to the world. At the same time, hosting World Expo will increase the development of commercial, tourist, administration, and law industry, etc. It will also attract more foreign merchants to invest; so quite a number of people will find jobs.

Except for the direct economic benefits, the World Expo will bring more indirect benefits later. For example, the well-known Eiffel Tower is an iron tower built beside the River Seine in Paris. It is built for the World Expo 1889 Paris France. It brings great benefits to the relevant industries in France. Shanghai locates at the entrance of the Yangtze River, the coming World Expo 2010 Shanghai China must bring endless benefits to China!